Description
| Product ID: | 9781848601642 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Coaching and Mentoring |
| Subtitle: | A Critical Text |
| Authors: | Author: Simon Western |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Personnel and human resources management, Personnel & human resources management |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A fresh and critical perspective on coaching and mentoring challenges commonly held assumptions about the field. Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text is a unique contribution to the field. It traces coaching influences back to pre-modern times showing connections with ‘soul healers’ of the past, taking a journey through modernity to post-modernity and making links that helps us better understand coaching today. Positioning coaching as working between the ''wounded-self'' (of therapeutic culture) and ''celebrated-self'' (of the human potential movement), it reveals four discourses that underpin contemporary coaching practice: 1. The Soul Guide Coach: coaching the ''inner-self'', focusing on values, authenticity and identity. This vital new book brings a fresh and critical perspective on coaching and mentoring, challenging its taken-for-granted assumptions and narratives. It is written by a practitioner-scholar, and develops an exciting vision for coaching today. Key features:
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| Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-07-23 |